Peanut Butter
Ummm ok… So, what do we do with peanut butter? It all depends on how eager you are to eat it. If you are the type who buys a jar of peanut butter and plans to keep it for a few months, we advise you to definitely refrigerate it since it can turn rancid if left at room temperature for too long.
If you open the jar and you finish it in less than a few weeks after opening it, peanut butter is safe to be kept in your pantry as it needs a cool and dark place.
Now, check the label on your jar of peanut butter. If it says that the product is natural, put it in the fridge, as this type has a higher chance of spoiling if kept at room temperature.
The downside of refrigerating it is that it hardens, making it more difficult to scoop it out when you want to eat it. If you prefer the texture and flavor of room-temperature peanut butter, simply microwave it before spreading.
4 thoughts on “7 Things You Should ALWAYS Refrigerate (But Probably Don’t)”
I never refrigerate my ketchup, as I don’t want cold condiment on a warm hamburger! I’m fortunate to have a pantry on an outside wall with no insulation so it’s very cool in there!
I’m glad to learn things I always refrigerate is the right thing to do.
Also glad to learn the things I don’t refrigerate is also the right way to go!
I have worked many restaurants as waitstaff and have NEVER dumped ketchup at the end of a shift and refilled bottles with fresh. I HAVE always topped off the bottle so that it APPEARS to be a fresh bottle. Not my idea of fresh but an industry standard and policy of most restaurant parent companies. You can bet that the bottles are not washed between fills even if the policy is to dump at the end of day.
Yep, it’s cross contamination and super gross. I watched a patron use his knife to run up in the ketchup bottle, after using it on his plate. Putting fresh product on top of old product is always wrong but I know what people do at the table, I always ask for packets. lol.